DO NOT WANT

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Engrish subtitles appearing a Star Wars bootleg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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2009-05-14T05:04:40Z

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catchphrase, image macro, 4chan, engrish, lolspeak

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'> <head> <meta content='text/html; utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type' /> <meta name='keywords' content='catchphrase, image macro, 4chan, engrish, lolspeak' /> <title>DO NOT WANT | Know Your Meme</title> <link href='http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/stylesheets/mobile.css?1264901130' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /> <script src="http://cdn2.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery-ui.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jrails.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn0.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/jquery.timeago.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> <script src="http://cdn1.knowyourmeme.com/javascripts/application.js?1264901130" type="text/javascript"></script> </head> <body id='mobile'> <div id='container'> <div class='c' id='content'> <div class='block c' id='entry_titlebar'> <div class='left'> <div class='c' id='entry_photo'><img alt="" class="thumbnail left" src="http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/245/thumb/house-do-want_thumbnail.jpg?1242277478" title="DO NOT WANT" /></div> <dl id='entry_details'> <dt>Status</dt> <dd>Confirmed</dd> <dt>Origin</dt> <dd>Engrish subtitles appearing a Star Wars bootleg</dd> <dt>Year</dt> <dd>2005</dd> </dl> </div> <div class='right'> <h1>DO NOT WANT</h1> <p class='desc'> One of the most basic image macros, DO NOT WANT (and its inverse, “DO WANT”) is an internets standard reply to anything that is put forth as undesirable. While living in Shanghai, China, blogger Jeremy Winterson bought a bootleg DVD of Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. The DVD contained poorly translated English subtitles. The Title of the Film is translated as Star War The Backstroke of the West. Winterson found the Engrish to be hilarious, and posted a series of photos taken of his TV, and posted them to his blog. By June 17th, BoingBoing.…</p> </div> </div> <div class='c' id='entry_content'> <div class="block"><h1>About</h1> <p>One of the most basic image macros, DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span> (and its inverse, “DO <span class="caps">WANT</span>”) is an internets standard reply to anything that is put forth as undesirable.</p> <h1>Origin</h1> <p>While living in Shanghai, China, blogger Jeremy Winterson bought a bootleg <span class="caps">DVD</span> of <em>Star Wars Episode <span class="caps">III</span>: The Revenge of the Sith</em>. The <span class="caps">DVD</span> contained poorly translated English subtitles. The Title of the Film is translated as <em>Star War The Backstroke of the West.</em><br /> Winterson found the Engrish to be hilarious, and posted a series of photos taken of his TV, and posted them to <a href=http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html>his blog</a>.</p> <p>By June 17th, BoingBoing.com’s Xeni Jardin posted about it on the popular linkblog in a post entitled <a href=http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/17/engrish-hilarity-on-.html>Engrish hilarity on badly bootlegged Star Wars <span class="caps">DVD</span></a>, and Winterson’s discovery soon rose to viral attention.</p> <p>Although the blog contained such absurd translations like “Jedi Council” becoming “The Presbyterian Church,” “the force” becoming “the wish power,” and many inexplicable mentions of elephants, the screen-shot that became a meme, was the final image posted on the blog; in which Darth Vader’s scream of “<span class="caps">NOOOOOO</span>!” is translated to “DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span>.”</p> <p><img src="http://www.mgroves.com/images/do_not_want_star_wars.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>On January 27th, 2009, Winterson posted <a href=http://winterson.com/2009/01/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west-redux.html>an updated version</a> of the classic blog entry with proper screen grabs and more examples.</p> <h1>Spread</h1> <p class="ta_c">Chart unavailable on iPhone.</p><p>The following terms were compared in a <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22backstroke%20of%20the%20west%22%2C%22do%20not%20want%22&cmpt=q>Google Insights for Search</a> analysis.</p> <ul> <li>“backstroke of the west”</li> <li>“do not want”<br /> While “do not want” preceeds “backstroke of the west,” this is because the phrase often appears within other gramatically correct sentences. But following Winterson’s blog post, the trend for “do not want” shows a noticeable increase.</li> </ul> </div><div class="block"><h1>Corollaries</h1> <p>In terms of syntax, the meme could almost be thought of as an expansion of <a href="/memes/relevant-to-my-interests">This Is Relevant to My Interests</a> — once the subject presented has been brought forth, DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span> can be used as a social cue to others as to whether the material is, in fact, worth viewing.</p> <p><i>See also</i></p> <ul> <li><a href="/memes/relevant-to-my-interests">This Is Relevant to My Interests</a></li> </ul></div> </div> <div class='block' id='entry_footer'> <h1>More Info</h1> <div class='c'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/photos' id='entry_photos'> View Meme Images <br /> <span># Total images</span> </a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/share' id='entry_share'> Share <br /> <span>Tell a friend!</span> </a> </div> <p> Author <span>aaa</span> </p> <p>Updated xxxx</p> </div> <div class='block c' id='entry_nav'> <a class='btn left' href='KYM://entry/prev' id='entry_nav_prev'>Prev Meme</a> <a class='btn right' href='KYM://entry/next' id='entry_nav_next'>Next Meme</a> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>

DO NOT WANT <h2>About</h2> <p>One of the most basic image macros, DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span> (and its inverse, “DO <span class="caps">WANT</span>”) is an internets standard reply to anything that is put forth as undesirable.</p> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>While living in Shanghai, China, blogger Jeremy Winterson bought a bootleg <span class="caps">DVD</span> of <em>Star Wars Episode <span class="caps">III</span>: The Revenge of the Sith</em>. The <span class="caps">DVD</span> contained poorly translated English subtitles. The Title of the Film is translated as <em>Star War The Backstroke of the West.</em><br /> Winterson found the Engrish to be hilarious, and posted a series of photos taken of his TV, and posted them to <a href=http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html>his blog</a>.</p> <p>By June 17th, BoingBoing.com’s Xeni Jardin posted about it on the popular linkblog in a post entitled <a href=http://www.boingboing.net/2005/06/17/engrish-hilarity-on-.html>Engrish hilarity on badly bootlegged Star Wars <span class="caps">DVD</span></a>, and Winterson’s discovery soon rose to viral attention.</p> <p>Although the blog contained such absurd translations like “Jedi Council” becoming “The Presbyterian Church,” “the force” becoming “the wish power,” and many inexplicable mentions of elephants, the screen-shot that became a meme, was the final image posted on the blog; in which Darth Vader’s scream of “<span class="caps">NOOOOOO</span>!” is translated to “DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span>.”</p> <p><img src="http://www.mgroves.com/images/do_not_want_star_wars.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>On January 27th, 2009, Winterson posted <a href=http://winterson.com/2009/01/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west-redux.html>an updated version</a> of the classic blog entry with proper screen grabs and more examples.</p> <h2>Spread</h2> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fig%2Fmodules%2Fgoogle_insightsforsearch_interestovertime_searchterms.xml&up__property=empty&up__search_terms=%22backstroke+of+the+west%22%7C%22do+not+want%22&up__location=empty&up__category=0&up__time_range=empty&up__compare_to_category=false&synd=ig&w=600&h=300&lang=en-US&title=Google+Insights+for+Search&border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&output=js"></script><p>The following terms were compared in a <a href=http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=%22backstroke%20of%20the%20west%22%2C%22do%20not%20want%22&cmpt=q>Google Insights for Search</a> analysis.</p> <ul> <li>“backstroke of the west”</li> <li>“do not want”<br /> While “do not want” preceeds “backstroke of the west,” this is because the phrase often appears within other gramatically correct sentences. But following Winterson’s blog post, the trend for “do not want” shows a noticeable increase.</li> </ul> <h2>Corollaries</h2> <p>In terms of syntax, the meme could almost be thought of as an expansion of <a href="/memes/relevant-to-my-interests">This Is Relevant to My Interests</a> — once the subject presented has been brought forth, DO <span class="caps">NOT</span> <span class="caps">WANT</span> can be used as a social cue to others as to whether the material is, in fact, worth viewing.</p> <p><i>See also</i></p> <ul> <li><a href="/memes/relevant-to-my-interests">This Is Relevant to My Interests</a></li> </ul>

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